People of the Twin Cities! We must settle this at once. A vote!
There’s a movement afoot to rebrand our fair cities with a nickname so derivative and base that I can’t bring myself to type it more then once. It’s TWINCY. There, I did it.
It saddens me that my friend and sometimes collaborator Chuck Terhark is the one who brought this abomination into existence, and also that my friend Taylor Carik was so quick to support it. But if this is the sort of thing that must end friendships and pit brother against brother and sister against sister, so be it.
I propose a vote, right here, right now. No need to propose alternatives, a simple “Yay” or “Nay” will do. So what say you, fine residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul? Reblog or get in touch with your vote, I’ll keep tabs of the tally here:
Nay Votes: Myself, Andy Sturdevant (who offers a recap and a suggestion), Diana Dominguez, Paul Schmelzer, Chase Turner, Katherine Marie, Erin Schumacher, Josh From Minneapolis, Troy Gallas, Astrid, Boom, Chuck Tomlinson, Erica Mauter, James Norton, Aaron Landry, Brian Moen, Andy Roberts, Steven Wyman, The Prudent Hedonist, Zachary Colbeck, Barack Obama (challenged), Becky Olson, Sam Holle, Amanda Allen, Jason DeRusha (counts as two votes), Erin Fenton, Matty Lang, John Hoffoss, Chuck Olson, Luke Francl, Christopher Warren, GuruMN, Ryan Kucera, Adam Kmiec, Brooke, Sven Mattson, Little Kloecker, Ken Tyborski, Pete McLarnan, Kristin Frenn, Norm Coleman, Emily Johnson, Anne White, Maggie Willis, Cole, Brandy, Rachel Hutton, Gimonca, Jeffrey Swainhart, Hannah, Tim DuRoche, Rachel Speck, Shanai Matteson, Rick Mahn, Unscripted, The Opie, Ryan Fisher, Nellie, James Wheeler, Kate Sommers, Rachel, Les Lim, Gillian Reynolds, Conner McCall, ETC, Bill Roehl, Paul Creager…
Yay Votes: Chuck Terhark, Taylor Carik, a47danger, Barack Obama (challenged), Molly Priesmeyer, Morris Day (unverified), BloodyP, Al Franken (Unverified), Matt Albiniak, R. T. Rybak (Challenged), Studio Zero Seven, Justin Heideman…
Voting ends at 5pm tomorrow (Friday). Your vote is important, it’s only our reputation on the line.
UPDATE: Chuck is making his closing arguments over at METRO Magazine. I recommend you at least hear him out. A real Democracy can only exist with an informed public.
UPDATE: I’ve just turned commenting on for easier voting.
The polls are closed! The people have spoken and Twincy goes down in a landmark 67 to 8 vote AGAINST making it our new Twin Cities nickname…
